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THE BOOK RIOT 50: #35 Pike v. Stine: A Retro YA Thriller Throwdown

To celebrate Book Riot’s  first birthday on Monday, we’re running our best 50 posts from our first year this week. ...

Fresh Ink: New Books Out September 25, 2012

It seems things have quieted down a bit in the aftermath of the New Book Avalanche of early September. But ...

Literary Tiger Beat: The Dreamiest Female Teen Characters

Oh look! It’s a new issue of Literary Tiger Beat featuring the dreamiest female teen characters I could think of! ...

Review GPA: A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KING by Dave Eggers

A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers Publication Date: June 19, 2012 Genre: Literary Fiction Publisher: McSweeney’s Publisher’s Synopsis: ...

Riot Round-Up: The Best Books We Read in June

We asked our contributors to share the best book they read this month. We’ve got fiction, nonfiction, YA, memoir, and ...

Growing Up With(out): The Fourth Wall

In Growing Up With …, Jenn features picture books, middle reader, and teen books linked together by concept or theme. ____________________________ The ...

More Banging and Bonking: Part 2 of Our FIFTY SHADES Review

Welcome to the second installment of our Fifty Shades of Grey chronicle! Last week, we made it through the first ...

20 for 2012: Short Story Collections

As lovers of short fiction already know, we’re smack-dab in the middle of National Short Story Month. Those who were ...

Choral Reading & The Scariest Book Ever

Mrs. Mullins had thin, curly white hair. It looked like she was growing dandelion fluff on her head. If we ...

Confessions of a Newbie Independent Bookseller: A Weird Night

Let me begin by saying that in the six or seven months I’ve been a bookseller, I’ve met only lovely ...